Three key committees in Congress will be cutting Medicaid, SNAP, and other safety net programs today. Join us and demand that members of the Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Ways & Means committees protect these vital programs instead of gutting them.
There are over 3 million Southeast Asian Americans (SEAAs) who live in the United States today. Our communities rely on essential programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and Social Security Income, to:
- Provide lifesaving care to families;
- Access mental health and medication; and
- Afford to feed their families despite the rising cost of groceries.
Cutting support for these programs would have a stark impact on SEAAs. One in four Vietnamese American children depend on the national free lunch program, just one indicator of the wide-reaching impact federal education and food programs have on SEAA youth. SNAP participation rates among SEAAs are also significant: Hmong (28%), Cambodian (24%), Laotian (18%), and Vietnamese (14%). And nearly one in five SEAAs live at the Medicaid poverty threshold. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has expanded health coverage significantly for our communities, and cutting ACA tax credits would reverse that progress.
Take Action: Contact your senators today
Take 3 minutes and tell your elected officials to support our children and families by protecting our social safety net programs rather than funneling billions of dollars to increase attacks on immigrants.
